6 h. ago Putin's army is ‘strapping mines to African fighters and turning them into suicide bombers'

Mad Vlad's forces have been accused of luring African troops to the frontline in Ukraine and using them as cannon fodder. Footage appears to show one mercenary with a bomb strapped to his chest as a Russian squaddie brands him a 'bottle opener'

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18 h. ago 'Meat for the meat grinder': Putin's barbaric forces 'are strapping landmines to African mercenaries and forcing them to become suicide bombers in Ukrainian trenches'

Ukraine's ambassador to South Africa, Olexander Scherba, claimed Moscow did 'not value' the lives of Africans who had willingly or knowingly been lured to the front lines to bolster its dwindling numbers.

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5 d. ago British soldiers sent to Ukraine on peace keeping mission would be 'legitimate combat targets,' says Russia

Cabinet minister Pat McFadden said UK troops deployed to Ukraine would be in a position to fire back if attacked by Vladimir Putin’s army

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6 d. ago British troops sent to Ukraine must be ready to fight Vladimir Putin's army, says ex

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have announced that the UK and France will put boots on the ground to keep the peace in Ukraine if the war ends

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1 week ago Putin defies Trump as Russian army told to grab more Ukrainian land in 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to expand his territory in Ukraine in the New Year despite Donald Trump's proposed peace plan continuing with progress

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3 w. ago The EU’s deeds as much as Putin’s words will ensure the war in Ukraine continues | Rajan Menon

A €90bn loan is a lifeline for Zelenskyy. But make no mistake – the bloodshed won’t end while the Russian president believes he can still winVladimir Putin’s marathon press conference on 19 December, an annual year-end event, offered no evidence that Russia may abandon the goals the president set for his “special military operation” against Ukraine in February 2022: conquering Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. True to form, Putin seemed unperturbed that nearly four years into the war his army had managed to fully occupy only Luhansk, despite having already taken control of more than a third of that region, as well as Donetsk, by 2015.Putin’s unyielding stance shouldn’t be a surprise. Soon after the invasion, Russia’s State Duma adopted legislation incorporating these four Ukrainian regions into Russia – and this month the foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, and the deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, reiterated Putin’s territorial claims.Rajan Menon is a professor emerit...

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